April 16, 1863, The Charleston Mercury
The number of blockading vessels off this port yesterday was eleven.
No movements worthy of note have been observed on the Island below, recently occupied by the enemy.
The Yankees were engaged Monday night in shelling Chisolm Island, near where the steamboat Washington was burnt by our troops, under Captain STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr. Their object was, doubtless, to prevent our men from taking off the guns from the wreck. Captain ELLIOTT’S Beaufort Artillery Company had secured one twenty-four pounder brass howitzer, also the bell of the steamer, besides a considerable number of rifles, clothing, &c..